1. Half the inequality in the world might be because crummy people have kids too. I can’t fathom the homelife some children endure.

2. Get better at persuasion by doing these things.

3. Maybe if you want to be happier, you need to lower your expectations? “Happiness equals reality minus expectations.” -Tom Magliozzi

4. Can former triumph be bad?

5. I am not sure what it is. But something internal or external – maybe both – happens to a person between the age of 30 and 40.

1. “If it’s free, it’s me.” Can’t remember where I heard that. Kind of illustrates the problem of treating economic goods like non-economic goods though.

2. You know any homeless engineers? Me either.

3. Who buttons the top button without a tie? Stop it.

4. Can we agree on the funny part of a joke?

5. Were you alive when that song came out? I was four. Forgetaboutit.